Improvement in combined collars and cravats



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Combined Collars and Cravats.

NO. 139,959. Patentedjune17f1873.

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FREDERICK JAMES, OF TAMWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED COLLARS AND CRAVATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,959, dated June 17,1873; application filed April 12, 1873.

To all whom @t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK D. JAMES, of Tamworth, in the county ofCarroll and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and CombinedCollar and Cravat, of which the following is a specification: W

Figure 1 represents a front view of my combined neck-tie and collar.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, and Fig. 3, a face view ofthe same unfolded.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object to produce a simple combination ofbow, cravat or necktie, and collar, being more particularly intended foruse on paper orpart paper collars, though applicable also to otherkinds. The invention consists in constructing the collar with projecting flaps at the ends of its outer fold, for forming the base of thecravat, and with a project- 1n g T-flap at one end of its inner fold forformin g the outer part of the collar, the T-flap having severalbutton-holes to allow its parts to be fastened to the same stud by whichthe collar is held to the front of the shirt.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A represents the collar, ofsuitable style, a being its outer, b its inner fold. From the ends ofits outer fold project flaps d d, which are folded outward, as in Fig.2, to form the base or inner part of the cravat or bow. From one end ofthe inner collar-fold 1) projects aT-flap, B, as shown in Fig. 3. Thesame has three button-holes, e, f, and g, besides which there is theordinary button-hole h at its junction with the collar. The flap B isfolded at l and i and its upper arm j then turned over it, so that allbutton-holes will be in line for the application of the stud m. This isfully shown in Fig. 2, the appearance of the completed bow being givenin Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat-' ent 1 The collar A provided with the flaps d d and withthe T-flap B, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

FREDERICK D. JAMES. Witnesses:

DAVID JAMES, L. E. JAMES.

